Release Kanu Now, Address Insecurity In S-East, Forum Tells Tinubu

By Chuks Eke

President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has been charged with addressing the country’s South-East geographical zone’s high rate of insecurity as soon as possible.

High Chief Henry Uzozie, National Leader of the Igbo-Bu-Igbo General Forum in Nigeria, who issued the task in a press statement made in Onitsha, Anambra state, said the call became necessary due to the number of Nigerian lives and property lost on a daily basis.

According to Uzozie, one approach to address insecurity and restore peace in the region is for the federal government to temper justice with kindness and release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, from detention in accordance with the law.

“Bola Tinubu is a President that listens to his people and I urge him to look into the insecurity situation in the South-East to enable peace and development to return to the region”.

He reiterated that only when the region is tranquil will the populace be able to go about their normal enterprises, women will be able to go to their farmlands freely and work without risking their lives, and other economic activities will resume.

He therefore challenged the Southeast governors to band together and assist the Federal Government in devising the best method to manage the insecurity issue, as they are in control of affairs in the region.

“I will tell all the Governors in the South-East to come together and unite to find a resolution to this ugly situation affecting the region. They should try to listen to their people and know what the people want and dialogue with them to maintain peace in the region according to law”, Uzozie stated.

Chief Uzozie also decried the ugly policy of Sit-at-home every Monday in the South-East being orchestrated by hoodlums who disguise themselves in various names to perpetrate crime and criminalities in the region.

According to him, “This sit-at-home is affecting the elderly who cannot go to their farms freely, the traders cannot go about their businesses where they make their living daily to take care of themselves and their loved ones. This is not normal anymore because the economy of the South-East is dying and collapsing very fast”.

He further appealed to the President in conjunction with the Governors of the South-East states to take necessary actions to address this menace quickly so that the people could move freely, associate freely, and carry out their businesses without fear of being attacked.

On the issue of the Supreme Court judgment affirming President Bola Tinubu as the duly elected President of the February 25 Presidential election, Chief Uzozie expressed support for the Supreme Court verdict, adding that he strongly believes that as a laws abiding citizen of Nigeria,  he has to agree with the court, as long as it remains the final arbiter in Nigeria.

“I must .also say that all Nigerians should embrace the judgment in good fate and move on. And moving on is that we all should support the ruling government and bring out ideas that would improve the quality and standard of lives of the masses”.

He enjoined the two major opposition parties (LP and PDP) to sheath their swords and support the ruling party to move the country to the next level, adding that both parties have proved that elections can be turned around for the masses to participate in the election processes. “We should follow the due process of the law according to the Supreme Court’, Chief Uzozie said.